← Back to Coaches
Coach ProfileBalanced

Jerry Burns

1961-1965Iowa

One defining stop at Iowa.

Jerry Burns coached 5 seasons, won 37.8%, and posted an average SRS of 9.7. Best season: 1961 Iowa. The profile was balanced with a mostly steady profile. One primary stop defined the run.

Career Record

16-27-2

Career Win %

37.8%

Seasons

5

Career Span

5 years

Average SRS

9.7

Peak SRS

16.2

Best Finish

Consistency

64.9

Higher = steadier

Career Arc

Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stop began.

Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.

Jerry Burns
EliteStrongAverageLean
1961Actual season year • SRS range -0.6 to 16.21965

Active comparison point

Jerry Burns1961

Selected

1961 Iowa

Best season

5-4 • SRS 16.2 • SP Overall

Win %

55.6%

YoY SRS

SP Off / Def

/

Finish

Unranked

Comparison context

Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.

School Tenures

Each stop is sized by tenure length. Richer fill reflects a stronger average SRS at that school.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger tenure

Iowa

1961-19655 seasons

Avg SRS 9.7 • Win % 37.8%

Longest Tenure

Iowa • 5 seasons

Best Tenure

Iowa • 9.7 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Iowa • 37.8%

Style and Strength Profile

Compare strength, identity, steadiness, and ceiling through normalized bars with raw SP and SRS context underneath.

These bars are normalized against the full coach dataset. Raw SP and SRS values stay visible so the profile reads as evidence, not decoration.

Overall Strength

Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.

Not enough data to compare.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Not enough data to compare.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Jerry Burns

Insufficient sample

Raw avg SP Overall:

Insufficient sample

Impact by School

See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.

Iowa

1961-196516-27-2

Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 9.7Win % 37.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

3.2 during vs 7.4 baseline

-4.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

9.7 during vs 23.1 baseline

-13.3

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 80.0% baseline

-80.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Iowa 1961

5-4SRS 16.2

Biggest Improvement

Iowa 1963

3-3-2-1.5 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Unavailable

Best Defensive Season

Unavailable

Setbacks

Worst Season

Iowa 1965

1-9SRS -0.6

Biggest Drop

Iowa 1965

1-9-9.2 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.

Iowa19651019010.0%-0.6-9.2-23.3%
Iowa1964936033.3%8.6-2.9-16.7%
Iowa1963833250.0%11.5-1.5+5.6%
Iowa1962945044.4%13.0-3.2-11.1%
Iowa1961954055.6%#116.2

Similar Coaches

Related profiles are matched by style, strength band, volatility band, peak range, and career length.

Dave Allerdice

same balanced identity • avg SRS within 0.8

Balanced

Avg SRS 8.9 • Peak SRS 17.75 seasons

Best finish Unranked • Volatility 5.4

Open profile →

Wade Walker

same balanced identity • avg SRS within 0.7

Balanced

Avg SRS 9.1 • Peak SRS 20.76 seasons

Best finish #14 • Volatility 6.0

Open profile →

Chris Klieman

same balanced identity • avg SRS within 0.8

Balanced

Avg SRS 10.6 • Peak SRS 19.67 seasons

Best finish #14 • Volatility 5.5

Open profile →

Walter McCornack

same balanced identity • avg SRS within 1.8

Balanced

Avg SRS 11.5 • Peak SRS 19.55 seasons

Best finish Unranked • Volatility 6.0

Open profile →

Paul Dashiell

same balanced identity • avg SRS within 0.1

Balanced

Avg SRS 9.8 • Peak SRS 13.43 seasons

Best finish Unranked • Volatility 4.7

Open profile →

John McEwan

same balanced identity • avg SRS within 0.3

Balanced

Avg SRS 10.0 • Peak SRS 19.77 seasons

Best finish Unranked • Volatility 6.6

Open profile →